Aldol & Claisen Reactions Flashcards
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Gluconeogenesis
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Helps maintain necessary levels of glucose when your body doesn’t intake food.
2
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Glucose
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Primary energy source used by the brain
3
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Aldol Reaction
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When an aldehyde and a ketone make carbon-carbon bonds to create sugar
4
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1st step of an Aldol reaction
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converts an aldehyde or ketone into an enol in acid or enolate in base
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2nd step of an Aldol reaction
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enol or enolate attacks another aldehyde or ketone in an aldol addition step, creating a carbon carbon bond
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3rd step of an Aldol reaction
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water is removed
7
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Aldol Condensation
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the overall process of two carbonyls coming together with loss of water
